[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2330-2331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BLACKLIST BLACKWATER

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise with great concern that 
the Department of Defense is considering awarding a $1 billion contract 
to Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, to train the Afghan National 
Police.

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Blackwater-Xe is synonymous with abuse, unprovoked violence, and a 
``shoot first'' attitude. Their personnel are directly responsible for 
killing dozens of innocent men, women, and children in Iraq. Clearly, 
they are not deserving of a U.S. contract to train the Afghan police.
  Hiring Xe may irreparably damage our efforts to work cooperatively 
with the Afghan people and will serve as a propaganda tool for our 
enemies. They will be seen as representing the American people, which 
they do not. Given Xe-Blackwater's past performance, our government 
should not be doing business with Xe, and Secretary Gates should 
prevent this contract from going forward.

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